Tag: Links

Let them depend on charity. Does P4P work? Quiz: Test your knowledge of Health Reform. Are mortgages in the U.S. cheaper? Did the drop in cocaine production in Colombia reduce overall cocaine production? College athletic department subsidies. The Orphan Drug Act in action. California: History of health insurance, (1929-2010) California: Health plan consolidation, (1985-2011)

Markets in everything: marriage edition. Secret to improving health outcomes? Reducing health disparities: What can Israel teach us? The best school in Spain? Fiction vs. Non-fiction. $300 copayment and physician choice. Prescribing placebos in Germany.  

Compensating children injured by vaccines. Healthcare worker shortage in California? The 20 best AER papers average 1.3 numbered equations per page. Hope? Single Payer States?

Is Medicare’s risk adjustment methodology accurate? Wisconsinites don’t like budget cuts. Redd alert. Memory magic. Employer-based health insurance hurts entrepreneurship. The effect of China’s rapid urbanization on health.

Wages of foreign nurses. 1% increase in life expectancy leads to an __% increase in GDP.  Find the answer here. Hospital privatization in the Netherlands. Part D reduces the hospitalization rates by 4%. Sound FX.

NFL players and painkiller abuse. More physician supply doesn’t lead to higher patient satisfaction. How do hospitals deal with high unexpected workload? iPhone apps for nurse practitioners. Unnecessary surgery for breast cancer?

The real CSI. A side effect of health reform. The Path Not Taken on Dialysis. 78% of Americans support EHR. Demand-induced supply. The real cause of the Egyptian protests?

Is Health Reform’s individual mandate legal? NFL Playoffs: Not about the money. Liar? WSJ says drop the mandate. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Finland has the same GDP level as which U.S. state? Patient advocacy groups hiding PhARMA dollars? Marginal benefit-based charitable giving. An app to cure cancer? Supporters of a health reform repeal. Census of economists working for the federal government.

Health spending growth slows… but not as fast as the rest of the economy. Are drugs a substitute for psychotherapy for patients living in remote areas? Can a bicycle diagnose Parkinson’s? Does eating processed foods cause weight gain? Did Medicaid Reform reduce cost in Florida? Fighting the war on malaria.